क्रूरासि रुद्राण्यथवा जघन्ये क्रूरे प्रजापीडनरूढगर्वे ।
दयेव भूतेयमलं यदार्यं स्वर्गप्रदं मृत्युमवाप युद्धे ॥ ६९॥
krUrAsi rudrANyathavA jaghanye krUre prajApIDanarUDhagarve |
dayeva bhUteyamalaM yadAryaM svargapradaM mR^ityumavApa yuddhe || 69||
69. Cruel art thou, O Rudrani; or rather is this mercy, as it were, towards the base and cruel tyrant priding himself on the affliction of the people, that he should receive in battle a noble death leading to heaven.